Energy Harvesting – Is It For Fools? by Jeri Ellsworth… Extremely funny video! Jeri build’s a pedal powered 1980’s Nintedo excise bike to shows several ways to harvest energy with Linear Technologies power management products. LTC3109EUF – Auto-polarity, Ultralow Voltage Step-Up Converter and Power Manager LTC3588EMSE – Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Power Supply It’s a […]
I love this simple drawstring coin purse tutorial from Pascale at Between the Lines. As she puts it: The nice thing about these coin purses is that you can make them in any size, really. Make them for keeping your change within reach, to keep little secrets, to hide baby teeth under your kid’s pillow […]
Right after the Japanese earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster, I began jokingly mentioning to friends: “At least Japan has lots of robots that can help.” Then, as the days have worn on, and the tragedies mount, I started seeing comments on Facebook and blogs, asking: “Where are the robots!?” Where are the robots? Japan is […]
Tim Thaler built a kitchen island that retracts into the floor, and is controlled by an iPhone. Retractable Kitchen Island Controlled by iPhone
Clever tip from reader Ryan O’Horo. [Thanks, Ryan!]
Sew up this cute Snuggler swaddle pattern by designer Lotta Jansdotter.
Don’t miss the fifth episode of Make: Live, all about DIY Kinetic Contraptions. Guests: Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, Dustyn Roberts. Go to makezine.com/live to watch the show Wednesday, March 23rd at 9pm ET/6pm PT.
